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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1949
Page
13
The readable fragments describe a city official abbreviation and coded terms, mentioning a craven stove and small fish. The garbled text hints at an encoded action type and seed covert in a municipal context, with no clear names or dates to anchor a fuller report.
Local notes report Mrs Everlena Hill of Maplewood Lane dying at Denmar Sanitorium with funeral details to be announced. Other items list ill and recovering residents, visits by relatives, and a Beulah-style social calendar including a free movie at Lester school, a Girl Scout council meeting, a Mothers club gathering, and a Singing League event at Pleasant Valley Church. Also mentions Baby news, wedding permits for Frances Price and Richard Hairston, and a note on The Packer Collegiate Institute’s Brooklyn founding.
Eastern standard times noted with adjustments for other zones. Listings show hourly blocks of news, dramas, comedies, kiddies hours, variety shows, and special programs across CBS ABC and NBC networks with placeholders and minor OCR errors. The fragmentary schedule includes The Lowell Thomas program, Supper Club, Beulah skit, The Dusty Tavern, District Attorney, Groucho Marx Quiz, and Dancing Continued segments among others.
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